Table 2
Employment by class of worker and industry, seasonally adjusted
February 2021 |
March 2021 |
Standard error1 | February to March 2021 | March 2020 to March 2021 | February to March 2021 | March 2020 to March 2021 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
thousands | thousands | thousands | change in thousands | change in thousands | % change | % change | |
Class of worker | |||||||
Employees | 15,862.4 | 16,109.1 | 47.4 | 246.7 | 814.1 | 1.6 | 5.3 |
Public sector employees | 4,006.3 | 4,051.8 | 26.8 | 45.5 | 295.7 | 1.1 | 7.9 |
Private sector employees | 11,856.1 | 12,057.4 | 46.9 | 201.3 | 518.5 | 1.7 | 4.5 |
Self-employed | 2,668.8 | 2,725.2 | 32.2 | 56.4 | -113.6 | 2.1 | -4.0 |
Total employed, all industries | 18,531.2 | 18,834.3 | 41.6 | 303.1 | 700.5 | 1.6 | 3.9 |
Goods-producing sector | 3,912.8 | 3,956.0 | 21.8 | 43.2 | 17.1 | 1.1 | 0.4 |
Agriculture | 262.7 | 265.2 | 5.9 | 2.5 | -21.0 | 1.0 | -7.3 |
Natural resources2 | 316.8 | 323.8 | 6.2 | 7.0 | 6.7 | 2.2 | 2.1 |
Utilities | 143.9 | 143.8 | 3.1 | -0.1 | 9.5 | -0.1 | 7.1 |
Construction | 1,442.4 | 1,468.1 | 15.1 | 25.7 | -24.0 | 1.8 | -1.6 |
Manufacturing | 1,746.9 | 1,755.1 | 14.1 | 8.2 | 45.8 | 0.5 | 2.7 |
Services-producing sector | 14,618.4 | 14,878.4 | 39.0 | 260.0 | 683.5 | 1.8 | 4.8 |
Wholesale and retail trade | 2,752.4 | 2,844.2 | 20.9 | 91.8 | 179.5 | 3.3 | 6.7 |
Transportation and warehousing | 981.2 | 973.9 | 11.7 | -7.3 | -18.5 | -0.7 | -1.9 |
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing | 1,278.2 | 1,279.3 | 11.2 | 1.1 | 61.6 | 0.1 | 5.1 |
Professional, scientific and technical services | 1,623.8 | 1,629.7 | 14.4 | 5.9 | 84.1 | 0.4 | 5.4 |
Business, building and other support services | 695.5 | 706.8 | 12.1 | 11.3 | -25.2 | 1.6 | -3.4 |
Educational services | 1,433.6 | 1,468.6 | 14.0 | 35.0 | 207.1 | 2.4 | 16.4 |
Health care and social assistance | 2,503.9 | 2,550.7 | 15.5 | 46.8 | 127.8 | 1.9 | 5.3 |
Information, culture and recreation | 656.5 | 718.0 | 13.0 | 61.5 | 47.0 | 9.4 | 7.0 |
Accommodation and food services | 902.3 | 923.7 | 15.8 | 21.4 | -6.4 | 2.4 | -0.7 |
Other services (except public administration) | 758.5 | 755.5 | 11.3 | -3.0 | -7.5 | -0.4 | -1.0 |
Public administration | 1,032.6 | 1,027.9 | 8.2 | -4.7 | 33.9 | -0.5 | 3.4 |
Note(s):
The sum of individual categories may not always add up to the total as a result of rounding.
Source(s):
Tables 14-10-0288-02 and 14-10-0355-02 (formerly CANSIM tables 282-0089 and 282-0088).
Table note 1
Average standard error of change between two consecutive months. See the "Data Quality" section of the Guide to the Labour Force Survey (Catalogue number71-543-G) for more information.
Table note 2
Also referred to as "Forestry, fishing, mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction."
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